Nope it's still rebooting becaus---reasons even after suggesting it redo what ever idiot update it seemed to want.All the damn automatic reboot now messages I can find are unecked I just want the idiot thing to get throught it's head: ask me before rebooting so I don't loose work and don't even think about it otherwise.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Gillian Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Even though at this point I have little trust in the Del. Reliability > monitor shows there's some some kind of hardware issue and one of the > updates installed twice. > > The damn thing infuriates me and the front bit that says dell came off, I > doubt it was put together right in the first place. > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perhaps relevant: >> >> "My boomerang is home....and the solution was something I'd never heard >> of, so there is a chance it will help some of you. >> >> First: Tried unplugging external drives as suggested. No help. >> >> Ran chkdsk again. No help. >> >> Ran memtest66. No help >> >> Scanned with Dell online hardware troubleshooter (My system is Vestros >> 470). Nope >> >> Uninstalled all MS updates for last 2 months. Nope........At this stage >> was still getting freezes, BSOD, log off and shut down stalls. Decided to >> try Resource monitor. Couldn't get anything useful (to me, at least) there, >> but saw a link to something in my Win7Pro system called*Reliability** >> monitor. *Bingo! Showed some problems were Windows ("We're working on a >> solution and will get back to you when we find one"), but most were either >> the Dell datasafe (included with the system) or a program I had installed >> months before and forgotten about because I thought I hadn't activated it - >> a firewall call *Glasswire**. *I uninstalled both the Dell and Glasswire >> programs, and have been problem free for the last week...long enough to >> stop holding my breath. The takeaway here is the Reliability Monitor may be >> a good addition to your bag of tricks. Hope it helps. Thanks again to >> everyone for the many suggestions. >> >> Larry Aronberg, DPM" >> >> --tj >> On Nov 18, 2015 10:57 AM, "Gillian Densmore" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I have no idea if the is the mailing list to ask >>> >>> I have about enough of windows rebooting crashing and being a POS. >>> >>> Is there anyway to get this crappy os to not insist on rebooting when I >>> don't want. Or spamming me with adds about crap I don't want (Java updates >>> and 10K spamware) >>> It's slower than cerillos traffic and sucking to use to the point that >>> I'd rather chuck the damn box off a tall building and hit it with a large >>> mallet to the toon of the 1812 Overture.run it over and replace it with >>> something that's actually fun and simple to use. >>> >>> I have checked it's update settings. nothing stands out, the neither >>> Avast or MS's Essentials reports malware or rootkits. Seven forums says uh >>> just reformat and start over. I somehow doubt that'd fix it. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -G >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > >
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